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The sight of them, my friends, my family, broken and bleeding on the scorched ground, extinguished the last remnants of my rational thought.
A raw, guttural rage unlike anything I had ever felt before consumed me. My Dragon Eyes blazed to life, painting the world in a blood-red filter, and I could feel my teeth sharpening into fangs.
The yellow lightning aura around me swelled, crackling violently as it tore at the very air.
A new sensation flooded my mind—not a thought, but a feeling of a lock clicking open deep within my soul. A triumphant, system-like message flared in my consciousness.
[Congratulations! Balance Breaker has been unlocked!]
The raw power felt overwhelming, a chaotic storm threatening to tear me apart. I needed an anchor.
"Voltaris!" I yelled in my mind.
A deep, rumbling voice, filled with a dragon's pride and a partner's loyalty, answered me instantly.
"I am with you, partner. Whatever you do, I will back your play."
A savage grin spread across my face. "Let's do this!"
"Together!!!!"
We spoke as one, our voices echoing in both the physical world and the depths of my soul, a perfect fusion of boy and dragon. "As true partners!"
Kokabiel threw his head back and laughed, a grating, arrogant sound. "And what do you think a brat like you can possibly do this late in the game!?"
I answered him with a roar. "This!"
My voice joined with Voltaris's, a thunderous chant that shook the heavens. "LIGHTNING DRAGON BALANCE BREAKER!"
Power didn't just surround me; it became me. My body exploded in a blinding column of yellow light. Plates of obsidian-hued metal, shot through with veins of incandescent energy, slammed into place over my body. Twin draconic wings, framed with crackling lightning, erupted from my back. The Boosted Gear on my arm transformed, expanding and merging seamlessly with the new armor. I felt invincible.
Kokabiel's arrogant smirk vanished, replaced by sheer disbelief. "No… it's impossible! A new Sacred Gear user shouldn't be able to achieve Balance Breaker so soon!"
"I will kill you, Kokabiel!" I snarled, my voice distorted into a metallic growl by the helmet that had formed over my face. "For hurting my friends! No, my FAMILY!"
I shot forward, a lightning bolt in human form. But Kokabiel reacted, flying high into the air with his ten black wings, his voice laced with a cruel, psychological poison.
"I've heard the prophecies, little dragon! That you are destined to be one of the strongest beings in the world! And yet, you let your so-called family down when they needed you the most!"
His words hit me harder than any physical blow, stopping me in my tracks. He was right. I wasn't there.
I clenched my armored fists, the metal groaning under the pressure. "If that's so," I roared at the sky, my voice filled with a conviction that burned away all doubt, "then I will earn that rank! I will earn back their trust! I will become the one who defeats all evil in this world!"
"You can't!" Kokabiel shrieked, gathering holy energy into a massive, blinding spear of light. "That's just it! You're just a weak, sentimental child!"
He chucked the spear at me, a projectile of pure destruction meant to erase me from existence. But I didn't dodge. I flew straight at it. As the spear was about to connect, Voltaris's command boomed from my gauntlet.
"ABSORB!"
The gem on my gauntlet glowed, and the holy spear, instead of annihilating me, was devoured. I felt the sacred power being converted, twisted, and added to my own, a torrent of chaotic lightning that made me want to scream with power. I charged at him, smashing my fist into his chest and then delivering a brutal kick that sent him plummeting to the ground.
"Shiro, we can't maintain this for much longer! The power consumption is enormous!" Voltaris warned, his voice urgent in my mind.
"Then I have to end this now!"
I dove after Kokabiel. He tried to punch me as I approached, but I was faster. I dodged under his arm and delivered a spinning kick to the side of his face. Before he could recover, I slammed a vicious uppercut into his chin, sending him flying back into the air. My new wings beat once, propelling me above him in an instant.
"This is what you get for messing with my family!"
I cupped my hands together and brought them down on Kokabiel's chest in a devastating hammer blow, driving him into the ground so hard that the courtyard cratered beneath him. I landed softly as he struggled to his feet. He lunged, and this time his fist connected, a jarring impact against my helmet. I answered with a punch of my own to his gut, but he kicked out, catching me hard in the side. The armor absorbed most of it, but not all.
"Coughs blood" A spray of crimson misted the inside of my visor.
"Shiro!"
"I'm fine!" I grunted, lashing out with a savage blow to his stomach that sent him stumbling back. I raised my hand, gathering the storm around us. "LIGHTNING DRAGON RAGING BOLT!"
The trident of lightning struck him dead-on. I gave him no time to breathe, rushing him, grabbing him, and rocketing into the night sky. High above the clouds, I snarled, "Now die!"
I kicked him one last time, sending him even higher, and as I did, I felt the Balance Breaker shatter. The armor dissolved into motes of light, leaving me battered, bleeding, and with only my standard Boosted Gear.
"It's all or nothing!" I thought, gathering every last drop of my remaining energy.
"No, Shiro! Your body is still in pain from the serpent! You'll destroy yourself!"
"I'm sorry," I whispered, as my body became a sun of brilliant yellow light.
"LIGHTNING DRAGON SACRED ART… ROLLING THUNDER!"
The final, desperate attack shot forth. I saw it hit him in a cataclysmic explosion that lit up the entire sky. Then, my strength gave out completely. I closed my eyes and fell, the world spinning away into darkness. I felt myself hit the ground, the impact surprisingly gentle, cushioned by something soft. I heard running footsteps, another thump, and then… a voice.
"Heh…pants… you're something else, boy. I'll give you that."
My eyes shot open. I had to get up. I saw him, Kokabiel, standing a dozen yards away, his wings tattered, his body scorched and bleeding, but he was standing. I was in the same state. I pushed myself to my knees, my body screaming in protest. He was walking slowly toward me, a triumphant, hateful glint in his eyes. I forced myself to my feet, swaying unsteadily.
"Shiro, no! Your body can't take anymore! You need to accept your limits!"
"Pants… To hell with that," I rasped, my breath coming in ragged gasps. I stared down the approaching fallen angel, a final, defiant fire igniting in my soul. "If I'm at my limit… then I'll just have to shatter through it! And then, I WILL destroy you, Kokabiel!"
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